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WO2002004069A1
WO2002004069A1 PCT/EP2001/007800 EP0107800W WO0204069A1 WO 2002004069 A1 WO2002004069 A1 WO 2002004069A1 EP 0107800 W EP0107800 W EP 0107800W WO 0204069 A1 WO0204069 A1 WO 0204069A1
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Salvatore Rinaldi
Vania Fontani
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Vania Fontani
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Priority to US10/332,318 priority Critical patent/US7333859B2/en
Priority to DK01960475T priority patent/DK1301241T3/en
Priority to EP01960475A priority patent/EP1301241B1/en
Priority to HK03107510.3A priority patent/HK1055266B/en
Priority to AU2001281964A priority patent/AU2001281964A1/en
Priority to DE60123790T priority patent/DE60123790T2/en
Publication of WO2002004069A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002004069A1/en
Priority to CY20071100005T priority patent/CY1105900T1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/18—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
    • A61N1/32—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/40—Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling ; Applying radio-frequency signals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy

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  • the invention refers to the field of therapeutic Techniques and Physics Medicine and more particularly it refers to a device generating localised currents in the human body for therapeutic use.
  • Electromagnetic field is a common practice in medical applications to both diagnostic and therapeutic aims.
  • passive techniques are at the moment known which consist in the measuring of electric signals generated inside the human body (for example
  • Electroencephalogram, Myography and active techniques (for example microwave hyperthermia treatments, etc.).
  • the electromedical apparatus for electric stimulation are in general devices intended to induce currents circulating through the human body by the application of at least two electrodes which define the adduction points
  • the electrodes are supplied by a current generator which can have a different nature depending on the specific application (for example perineal / muscular / antalgic Functional Electrostimulation etc..) and can be defined "symmetric" in respect to the electrodes position.
  • a first aim is to obtain current distributions different from those which can be obtained using the traditional symmetric schemes.
  • a radioelectric conveyer which is substantially constituted by a radiofrequency generator, a system of irradiating antennas (typically a single antenna) and by a group of electrodes to be placed on contact with any part, internal or external, of the body.
  • the conveyer makes use of a original connection in which the body of a patient is no more placed as a subject irradiated by the EM radiation but it is a part of the system of transmitting antennas where it is connected to the ground base antenna instead of to the emitting side of the system.
  • the system EM generator/Patient-living tissue is intended to be made in such a way that it is completely insulated from ground and from any conducting body or mass, in particular from metal mass.
  • the device of the invention has the function of generating weak radiofrequency currents which are conveyed and collect at the application points of the electrodes.
  • the electrodes can be applied to any point, group of points, zone or organic tissue of the body either externally or inside the same body, where the currents have to be conveyed.
  • the antennas are placed at a certain distance form the patient body, so that the same body is diffusely exposed to the Electromagnetic fields irradiated by the antennas.
  • the described device it is carried out an electrostimulation obtained by electrodes and antennas which form radiofrequency circuits determining the passage of weak currents towards the application points of the electrodes, at which points the same currents are collecting.
  • the currents are generated by the combined use of galvanic contact electrodes (as it happens in the traditional electrostimulation treatments) or capacitive contact electrodes and of antennas irradiating electromagnetic fields, according to a scheme which can be for that reason called "asymmetric".
  • the present device makes possible to generate currents which are concentrated at the application points of the electrodes but they flow being extremely diffused through the whole body subject to the electromagnetic radiation.
  • a first advantage is that by the device of the invention it is possible to convey weak currents to well localised points of a human or animal body by the simultaneous and combined use of electrodes and irradiating antennas.
  • a second advantage is that the radiation emitted by the antennas determines an extremely diffused exposition through the body, so that it is caused a circulation of currents conveyed and concentrated by the electrodes applied to the body.
  • a further advantage in respect to the prior art systems is the higher flexibility of the present apparatus which by changing the application points, the shape, and the number of the electrodes, makes it possible to have substantially any distribution of the current circulation. Description of the Drawings
  • FIG. 1 , 2 respectively show the scheme of two possible embodiments of a radiofrequency conveyer according to the invention.
  • the conveyer substantially comprises:
  • the generator is coupled to the electrostimulation circuit constituted by the antennas and by the electrodes; an end of the coupler is connected to antenna 2, the other one is connected to the electrodes 4.
  • a modulation system permit the operator to suitably modulate by command the generator and the probe coupling.
  • the radiofrequency field (c) generated by the generator 1 and irradiated by the system of antennas 2 pervades the environment obtaining a very diffused irradiation on and inside the body (p) (e.g the patient).
  • the electrodes 4 applied to the body determine a conveyed circulation of radiofrequency microcurrents concentrated in the application regions.
  • Patient (p) will be therefore subject to a flow of radiofrequency currents having frequency , time, modulation, and circulation as decided by the operator according to the specific medical protocol defined by the therapy.
  • the embodiments are made different by the type of radiofrequency generator and they comprise the radiofrequency generator apparatus with the coupling to the emitting circuit and to the electrodes system to conveying the radiofrequency currents in the body subject to the therapy.
  • the radiofrequency circuit comprises the system of antennas, the body placed inside the radiofrequency field generated by the generator and emitted by the same antennas, and the focusing of radiofrequency currents at the contact point of the electrodes with the body to delimit and to convey the dispersion of the radiofrequency currents.
  • radioelectric several generators can be provided and operating at different frequencies, like the antennas or the low frequencies irradiating panels, electrostatic system comprised.
  • modulators and flow switches can be provided on both the generator and the antenna circuit.
  • Electrodes can be provided, of different shapes and size and made of different conductive, semi-conductive, insulating or mixed materials.
  • the electrodes can be applied on single or multiple points or they can be applied for capacitive effect, being not placed to direct contact with the body of the patient .
  • the electrodes 4 can have the shape of metal sheets preferably aluminium, which can be applied to wide regions of the patient's body.
  • a conveyer according to the invention present the following characteristics:
  • Emitting group of irradiating energy Buncher resonator GUNN effect diode Resonator
  • the electromagnetic low power energy in band X is irradiated in a ellipsoidal lobe having angles of: 50° Vertical, 85° Horizontal.
  • the average radiating electromagnetic energy produced by the Gunn cavity oscillator and distributed in the closed space of a 4mX4mX3m room, typically a masonry room can be valued in approximately 20x10 "11 W/cm 3 .
  • a suitably programmed processing unit provides to determine the emitting steps of the electromagnetic energy in the room, according to the settings previously chosen by the operator. For example:

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Abstract

Radio-electric conveyer, comprising one or more radiofrequency generators (1) supplied by a power group (a); one or more irradiating antennas (2) coupled with said generator and which are able to create a radiofrequency field (c); a variable modulator (3); one or more electrodes (4) connected to generator (1) and able to be applied to one or more predetermined parts of a body object of the therapy treatment (p), placed inside the field (c), in order to convey radiofrequency currents to said body (p).

Description

RADIOELECTRIC ASYMMETRIC CONVEYER FOR THERAPEUTIC USE
Field of the invention
The invention refers to the field of therapeutic Techniques and Physics Medicine and more particularly it refers to a device generating localised currents in the human body for therapeutic use.
State of the art
As it is known the use of Electromagnetic field is a common practice in medical applications to both diagnostic and therapeutic aims.
In particular passive techniques are at the moment known which consist in the measuring of electric signals generated inside the human body (for example
Electroencephalogram, Myography) and active techniques (for example microwave hyperthermia treatments, etc.).
On the other hand, the electromedical apparatus for electric stimulation are in general devices intended to induce currents circulating through the human body by the application of at least two electrodes which define the adduction points
(Inlet/outlet) of the current flow to/from the body.
In the already known apparatus the electrodes are supplied by a current generator which can have a different nature depending on the specific application (for example perineal / muscular / antalgic Functional Electrostimulation etc..) and can be defined "symmetric" in respect to the electrodes position.
Aim of the invention
A first aim is to obtain current distributions different from those which can be obtained using the traditional symmetric schemes.
Summary of the invention This aim has been reached according to the invention by a radioelectric conveyer which is substantially constituted by a radiofrequency generator, a system of irradiating antennas (typically a single antenna) and by a group of electrodes to be placed on contact with any part, internal or external, of the body.
The conveyer makes use of a original connection in which the body of a patient is no more placed as a subject irradiated by the EM radiation but it is a part of the system of transmitting antennas where it is connected to the ground base antenna instead of to the emitting side of the system. The system EM generator/Patient-living tissue is intended to be made in such a way that it is completely insulated from ground and from any conducting body or mass, in particular from metal mass.
The device of the invention has the function of generating weak radiofrequency currents which are conveyed and collect at the application points of the electrodes.
The electrodes can be applied to any point, group of points, zone or organic tissue of the body either externally or inside the same body, where the currents have to be conveyed. The antennas are placed at a certain distance form the patient body, so that the same body is diffusely exposed to the Electromagnetic fields irradiated by the antennas.
Therefore, by the described device it is carried out an electrostimulation obtained by electrodes and antennas which form radiofrequency circuits determining the passage of weak currents towards the application points of the electrodes, at which points the same currents are collecting.
Substantially the currents are generated by the combined use of galvanic contact electrodes (as it happens in the traditional electrostimulation treatments) or capacitive contact electrodes and of antennas irradiating electromagnetic fields, according to a scheme which can be for that reason called "asymmetric".
In fact, unlike the traditional electrostimulation systems which are based uniquely on electrodes (symmetric scheme), the present device makes possible to generate currents which are concentrated at the application points of the electrodes but they flow being extremely diffused through the whole body subject to the electromagnetic radiation.
A first advantage is that by the device of the invention it is possible to convey weak currents to well localised points of a human or animal body by the simultaneous and combined use of electrodes and irradiating antennas. A second advantage is that the radiation emitted by the antennas determines an extremely diffused exposition through the body, so that it is caused a circulation of currents conveyed and concentrated by the electrodes applied to the body. A further advantage in respect to the prior art systems is the higher flexibility of the present apparatus which by changing the application points, the shape, and the number of the electrodes, makes it possible to have substantially any distribution of the current circulation. Description of the Drawings
These and still further advantages will be better understood by a man skilled in the art from the following description and the annexed drawings, given as a non limiting example, in which:
- Figures 1 , 2 respectively show the scheme of two possible embodiments of a radiofrequency conveyer according to the invention.
Detailed Description
The conveyer substantially comprises:
- a power assembly (a);
- one or more radiofrequency generator 1 ; - one or more irradiating antennas 2;
- a variable modulator 3;
- one or more electrodes 4 to be applied or associated to selected parts of the body (p) subject to the therapy. The electrodes are connected through cables (cv) to the generator 1. A substantial feature is that the system (s) as a whole, constituted by: supply assembly (a) / generator 1 / coupler / modulator 3 / antennas 2 / electrodes 4 / body (p) and operator, is constantly kept insulated from the ground and from any other connection to earth. The generator is coupled to the electrostimulation circuit constituted by the antennas and by the electrodes; an end of the coupler is connected to antenna 2, the other one is connected to the electrodes 4. A modulation system permit the operator to suitably modulate by command the generator and the probe coupling. In the functioning, the radiofrequency field (c) generated by the generator 1 and irradiated by the system of antennas 2 pervades the environment obtaining a very diffused irradiation on and inside the body (p) (e.g the patient).
The electrodes 4 applied to the body determine a conveyed circulation of radiofrequency microcurrents concentrated in the application regions. Patient (p) will be therefore subject to a flow of radiofrequency currents having frequency , time, modulation, and circulation as decided by the operator according to the specific medical protocol defined by the therapy.
With reference to fig.2 1 and 2, two possible schemes of the apparatus according to the invention are illustrated. The embodiments are made different by the type of radiofrequency generator and they comprise the radiofrequency generator apparatus with the coupling to the emitting circuit and to the electrodes system to conveying the radiofrequency currents in the body subject to the therapy.
The radiofrequency circuit comprises the system of antennas, the body placed inside the radiofrequency field generated by the generator and emitted by the same antennas, and the focusing of radiofrequency currents at the contact point of the electrodes with the body to delimit and to convey the dispersion of the radiofrequency currents.
It is evident that the above are principle schemes and that they refer to specific radiofrequency circuits, while they do not limit the technologic embodiments which can be possible for each the components (generator/s, couplers, antenna circuits, conductive elements, etc.).
It is also evident that the radioelectric several generators can be provided and operating at different frequencies, like the antennas or the low frequencies irradiating panels, electrostatic system comprised.
Preferably, modulators and flow switches can be provided on both the generator and the antenna circuit.
Several electrodes can be provided, of different shapes and size and made of different conductive, semi-conductive, insulating or mixed materials. The electrodes can be applied on single or multiple points or they can be applied for capacitive effect, being not placed to direct contact with the body of the patient .
In particular, according to the invention the electrodes 4 can have the shape of metal sheets preferably aluminium, which can be applied to wide regions of the patient's body. In a preferred embodiment, given as a non limiting example, a conveyer according to the invention present the following characteristics:
Emitting group of irradiating energy Buncher resonator: GUNN effect diode Resonator
Angles of the emitting lobe: Horizontal 85° - Vertical 50°
Frequency band X - resonance frequency 10,525 GHz-
Maximum emission power < 10mW Components on printed circuits - SMT technology
Work voltage 5 Vcc
Receiving /detector Group
Receiving circuit - planar type
Detector : SCKOTTY Diode Detector circuit: Mixer circuit
Value of the signal level to/from the detector: 40mV min thermal working range + 5° to + 40°
Dimensions of the Receiving/Transmitting Group 48L x 40h x 12W mm.
Irradiating energy - emission lobe The electromagnetic low power energy in band X is irradiated in a ellipsoidal lobe having angles of: 50° Vertical, 85° Horizontal.
In respect to noise, back echo caused by objects having a typical absorption, reflection frequency in the X band of the human tissues and a surface of approximately 0.5 m2 , effects can be appreciated by the detector thanks to the Doppler effect / Mixer circuit in the receiving system at the distance of 12 meters.
Without considering the average typical reflection coefficients, the absorption of the constituting materials and taking not into account specific particulars possibly presents and which could make the filed less uniform, the average radiating electromagnetic energy produced by the Gunn cavity oscillator and distributed in the closed space of a 4mX4mX3m room, typically a masonry room, can be valued in approximately 20x10"11 W/cm3.
In the use, a suitably programmed processing unit provides to determine the emitting steps of the electromagnetic energy in the room, according to the settings previously chosen by the operator. For example:
Manual control by Probe:
Minimum emitting time: 10 ms Maximum emitting time: 10 sec
Possible cyclic emission (discharge) by continuous command of the steps: predetermined time - pre-emission interval - predetermined time
Keyboard settings Minimum emitting time: 10 ms
Maximum emitting time: 10 sec
Minimum time interval: 10 ms
Maximum time interval: 10 sec
Maximum number of intervals: 99 Sequence possibly interrupted by keyboard.
The present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment but it is obvious that equivalent modifications can be made by a man skilled in the art without outgoing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

I . Radio-electric conveyer, characterised by the fact that it comprises: one or more radiofrequency generator (1 ) powered by a power system (a); one or more irradiating antennas (2) coupled to said generator and which are able to create a radiofrequency field (c); a variable modulator (3); one or more electrodes (4) connected to the generator (1 ) and which are capable of being applied or associated to one or more predetermined parts of a body (p) to be treated by a therapy and placed inside the field (c), in order to convey radiofrequency currents in the body (p). 2. Conveyer according to claim 1 , wherein said power unit (a), generator (1 ), coupler modulator (3), antennas (2) electrodes (4) as well as the body (p) and the operator, are constantly insulated from earth and from any other connection to the ground during the therapy.
3. Conveyer according to claim 1 , wherein said electrodes are in the shape of sheets.
4. Conveyer according to claim 3, wherein said electrodes are made of conductive material.
5. Conveyer according to claim 4, wherein said electrodes are made of aluminium.
6. Conveyer according to claim 3, wherein said electrodes are made of non conductive material.
7. Conveyer according to one or more of claims 1-6, wherein said electrodes are capable of being applied for galvanic contact to body (p).
8. Conveyer according to one or more of claims 1-6, wherein said electrodes are capable of being applied for capacitive contact to body (p). 9. Electrode for a conveyer according to one or more of claims 1-8, wherein it has the shape of a sheet. 10. Electrode according to claim 9, wherein it is made of conductive material.
I I . Electrode according to claim 10, wherein it is made of aluminium.
12. Electrode according to claim 8, wherein it is made of non conductive material. 13. Electrode according to one or more of claims 9-12, wherein it is capable of being applied for galvanic contact to body (p).
14. Electrode according to one or more of claims 9-12, wherein it is capable of being applied for capacitive contact to body (p).
15. Method for the radio-electric electrostimulation of a body (p) comprising the following steps: generating a radiofrequency field (c); arranging body (p) inside said radiofrequency field (c); applying to one or more predetermined parts of body (p) one or more electrodes (4) connected to the radiofrequency generator, in order to convey the generated radiofrequency currents to said parts of body (p).
16. Method according to claim 15, wherein said electrodes are applied for galvanic contact to body (p). 17. Method according to claim 15, wherein said electrodes are applied for capacitive contact to body (p).
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EP01960475A EP1301241B1 (en) 2000-07-07 2001-07-06 Radioelectric asymmetric conveyer for therapeutic use
HK03107510.3A HK1055266B (en) 2000-07-07 2001-07-06 Radioelectric asymmetric conveyer for therapeutic use
AU2001281964A AU2001281964A1 (en) 2000-07-07 2001-07-06 Radioelectric asymmetric conveyer for therapeutic use
DE60123790T DE60123790T2 (en) 2000-07-07 2001-07-06 ASYMMETRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR RADIOELECTRIC THERAPY
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